The China National Symphony Orchestra is on a U.S. tour that brings it to St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Based in Beijing, the orchestra will play a mix of Chinese works, such as Xhanzhao He and Gang Chen's Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto, as well as standard repertoire, such as Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2. The violin soloist is Bin Huang. Also on the agenda: the opening movement from Guan Xia's Requiem for the Earth, composed in remembrance of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. $39.50-$59.50. (727) 893-7832; themahaffey.com.

Kelsea Ballerini has a story to tell. It's the story of the last three crazy years of her life, from a breakup to the Grammys to a marriage and all the "life, growing up, self-discovery" in between.If you heard her new album Unapologetically, it's a ...

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If you're a Smashing Pumpkins fan, today is the greatest day you've ever known.After weeks of speculation, the band is getting back on the road with a mostly reunited classic lineup led by frontman Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy ...

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— St. Petersburg has been on a real hot streak of shows by all-time punk legends the last couple of years: X, Social Distortion, the Damned, Jello Biafra … and now the Descendents, playing their first Tampa Bay show in more than 20 years....

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Find out who's playing in Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena, Straz, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Mahaffey or any of the small clubs in Tampa, St. Petersburg or Clearwater featuring live music reviews and previews from Jay Cridlin and Andrew Meacham.